Who was the better character in the films?

[Alexa]

I voted for Aragorn. The scene when be began to fight all alone, right after Frodo told him about the betrayal of Boromir and his departure from the Fellowship was incredible.

[Alysheba]

Sam was my favorite both in the book and in the film. A close second was Legolas. I think Orlando Bloom played him very well. But for me Sam was the most unselfish character I've ever encountered in a novel. He has a lot of the qualities humans treasure. Loyalty, honesty, courage and empathy. A true friend to Frodo. We could all use a friend like Sam.

[Fitz]

Aragorn all the way!! He is such a respectable character. He's a great leader and yet he stays completely loyal to Frodo and never once tried to take The Ring from him to use for his own good.

[hodor]

I voted for Aragorn as well. I felt he, most closely, represented how the actually books portrayed him as. Very well done with the character Aragorn. I liked the dwarf but didnt feel he was portrayed as correctly as he could have been. Samwise was well done as well.

[Esioul]

Although not a major fan of Lord of the Rings, I must admit I liked Boromir... could that be partly due to the fact that he is played by Sean Bean? I'm not a fangirl... slightly...

Also Sam has to be one of the best.

[Winters_Sorrow]

Well I had to go for Sam just because I thought he had the best story of them all and was the one who really remained who he always had been at the end of it all (amybe a tad more confident!)


.....although if Gollum had been up there....hmm

close one! best acting in the movie for me was the gollum scizophrenic scene!

[Cenerue]

I voted for Samwise but it was very close. Frodo, Aragorn, Gandalf, all of them were just superb!

[Teresa Edgerton]

I voted for Boromir, for the simple reason that I thought he was the character who benefited most by the translation from book to film.

Although Sam benefited a lot, too.

[Lacedaemonian]

I have just realised that this poll was for the film. Never mind I can not withdraw my vote back for Samwise now. Boromir was without a shadow of a doubt the best character in the film. Sean Bean was awesome, and it was a real shame that he died. Samwise was perhaps the weakest character in the film. There was a fine line between pure friendship and love, and latent homosexuality - and he crossed it.

[Leto]

A tie between Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) who played their part perfectly well, but it the end my female hormonae leaded my vote : Aragorn.

But Ian McKellen is a wonderful Magneto in X-Men and X2.

[Lacedaemonian]

I was going to vote for Eowyn... for other reasons.

[a|one]

Gandalf or Gollum.
On a side note I think that Frodo was portrayed awfully, that kid just didnt feel believable.

[Sibeling]

I think most of the characters were not quite what I expected and really far from the book. I mean, Aragorn should be abot 50 years old, Frodo looks like a wimp, Legolas... oh, well, he's a nice girlie, Gimli- ever film needs a comic character, and he, along with the two younger hobbits, filled that gap, and the most terrible sight - Elrond (or should I say Agent Smith?); to sum up, the only more or less convincing character was Gollum.

[a|one]

Agree with most of what you said, but keep in mind that Aragorn ages more slowly than the rest of us; I dont remember exactly how old he lived to be but I think it was somewhere upwards of 150.

[Quokka]

I voted Boromir as well, I thought the actor played that role really well.